St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-13

leaves Tomorrow afternoon in a private car
Tor Huron. He expects to return Monday
and feels certain that his Inauguration Will
take place early next week.
AMONG THE ILLUSTRATORS.
The Excitement over the Soions-.
retiy Gfris--A MemDer,s wife
Comes TO the Speakers Rescue.
Special to the Globe
BISMARCK, Jan. 12.-Excepting the
arrival Of train from the East the conven-
ton of the territorial legislature creates
more excitement in Bismarck than any
other event that occurs in the run of the
years. Yesterday morning the hardy
legislators buttoned their coats up to their
chinS, and with hard-set teeth ploughed
their way through the drifting snow in the
lace OF an ugly wind, mile and half to
the capitol. The men are not the only
ones who enjoy law-making in Dakota.
1he women take hand in the work as
heartily as the Sterner sex, and long before
the hour for calling the lower house to
order the rear OF the chamber was dotted
here and there with a pretty face framed in
a rich bonnet ornate with nodding plumes.
The women in this part of the country
are splendid dresSers. On occasions like
this they put their best foot forward, and
shake their shining wings out OH the air.
and Dakota women are angels. | haven't
seen an ugly face on top of pair of female
shoulders since | have been here. They all
carry superb figures grandiy erect, and walk
Oh the rough, wooden sidewalks with as
much grace of carriage as the average
woman glideS over
TIE RICHLY CARPETED FLOOR
of a parlOr. A Dakota woman knows how
TO treat you with Iadylike cordiality that
makes you feel at home in her presence
from the moment that you are introduced
to her. There is no simperng no false
modesty, no affected ways; nothing but
candor, frankness and straightforward
treatment. When she says 'yes!" she al
ways means it, and When she says moi
you can bet all your available property that
she isn't tryi. to pull the wool over your
eyes. Nearly every woman here has a tree
claim or homestead in her name. and
many of them say they would have pre-
emption if the style Of clothes they wear
had not barred them from entering the
army and letting bullets rattle against them
the way their fathers, brothers and hus-
bands did. Every woman in Bismarck has
bravery enough packed inside her epiderms
to make her first class general in a Rus
sian army. They are full of spirit and
look on an ordinary man as a sort Of a curl
0sity created by God to aniuse people and
things of stronger minds. In the house the
other afternoon a member from Charles
MiX county was filling the room with his
sepulchral voice. Just what he was talk
ing about the speaker couldn't tell After
listening to his wild rantings Il while. he
pounded the desk with his gaYel and yelled
SET DOWN !"
The man from Charles Mix county didn't
seem to hear hun, for he kept right on
shooting off words of musical atmosphere.
Set down!' again yelled the speaker.
pounding the top of his desk with his gavel.
But the man didn't want to set. He hadn't
laid his litter out yet, and he talked on.
Set down, d--n you, set.'' hoWled the
speaker the third time. but the man from
Mix turned his back on him and talked on.
Near him sat a nervous little woman. Her
face was red and her eyes snapped omin-
ously. AS the voice of the speaker rang
out the third time, and the man from Mix
paid no attention to it, the little woman
arose, walked over to where he stood.
twined her fingers lovingly in his coat col
lar, turned him around and pounded him
down in his seat with so much empha
sis that the inStep of his nose worked up
couple of inches. Set down, Jim, when
the gentle man says so," she said. ''Ef
was him I'd be mad enough ter knock yer
down with ther mallet he's got. l didn't
get yer elected ter make er fool ov yerself'
And. giving his ear twist. she walked
back to her seat. He sat still. She was
his wife. TEE AITCH.
Redfield Gets the College.
Special to the Globe.
REDFIELD DakJan IA convention